Chapter 316

The Chaos Immortal Palace completely dissipated into the mist, Wang Ping stood alone on the vast immortal jade square, feeling the lingering tremor of laws at his fingertips. Though the battle with the immortal king's phantom lasted only a few exchanges, it exhausted all his mind and spirit; even now, deep in his sea of consciousness, the light and shadow of heaven and earth being cleaved apart continued to replay.

After a long while, he gathered his thoughts, his gaze falling upon the four objects floating before him.

The fragmented first volume (God Transformation Volume) of the《Chaos Immortal Scripture》——this scroll, condensed from chaotic divine script, is about three chi long, its entire body displaying a flowing chaotic gray, with no physical pages, but rather a carrier woven from countless intertwining runes of light and shadow.

When Wang Ping's gaze fell upon it, those runes actually moved like living things, swirling and rotating, each containing a profound Dao truth that made his soul tremble.

This scripture is clearly not a mundane object; the Dao rhythm flowing upon it even stirred a subtle resonance in the surrounding chaotic mist.

Chaos Immortal Jade——fist-sized, warm and moist throughout, semi-transparent in appearance.

Within the jade is stored a miniature chaotic nebula, countless fine points of light slowly rotating within it, like the initial birth of the universe, emanating a pure and primordial chaotic origin aura. Merely holding it in his palm, Wang Ping felt his dantian's chaotic nascent soul transmit an unprecedented yearning, as if encountering something of the same source.

Immortal Spirit Seed——a cyan-gold seed, its surface covered with natural Dao patterns. It floats silently, yet faintly emits a tenacious life pulse, as if it has lain dormant for myriad ages, still awaiting the opportunity for revival.

When Wang Ping's divine sense slightly approached, he could feel the immense vitality contained within, as well as an ancient aura sharing the same origin as this fragment of the immortal realm.

The damaged「Boundary-Determining Compass」——palm-sized, made of bronze, its edges severely damaged, the needle broken, the central heavenly pool pierced by a through-crack. Yet this seemingly worn-out compass still retains a trace of stable spatial fluctuation; the markings at the needle's base, though blurred, subtly harmonize with the spatial frequency of the Qingming Heavenly Realm.

Wang Ping took a deep breath, carefully storing the four inheritance items. He then bowed deeply toward the direction where the immortal palace vanished—this bow was to repay the grace of transmission, to honor the hardship of trial, and moreover, to acknowledge the Dao threshold glimpsed in that duel.

"It's time to find a place to digest these gains." He surveyed his surroundings; after the immortal palace hid, the chaotic mist in this area had thinned somewhat, but the feeling of being secretly watched did not dissipate. Wang Ping did not wish to linger; his body transformed into a streak of gray evasion light, shooting off in the opposite direction from his arrival.

Wang Ping rode the evasion light, flying low over the shattered lands of the Qingming Heavenly Realm. He deliberately avoided areas where spatial fluctuations were chaotic and law fragments drifted; his divine sense spread like a fine net within a thirty-li radius, vigilant against any possible danger.

Three days later, at the edge of a dark gold mountain range stretching thousands of li, he discovered a peculiar canyon.

The canyon's flanking cliffs were steep, towering over a thousand zhang high, the rock body displaying a deep dark gold luster—indeed, the rare "Gengjin Xuan Rock." This rock is not only extremely hard, but also naturally shields and distorts spiritual power and divine sense fluctuations, making it an excellent material for concealment. A clear stream trickled at the canyon's bottom, its water emitting a faint immortal spirit aura; tracing it upstream, one could see the stream originated from a minor immortal spirit vein tributary deep within the mountain's interior.

Wang Ping followed the stream deeper into the canyon; after traveling about ten li or so, behind a rock wall on the right where vines hung down, he discovered a natural cave entrance. The cave entrance was narrow, barely allowing one person to pass, but inside it opened up suddenly. The cave ceiling was about ten zhang high; above the dome, natural crystal clusters formed, emitting a soft light that illuminated the entire space. The cave interior spanned roughly thirty zhang in diameter, the floor level, the rock walls dry; more remarkably, the crystals on the cave walls seemed to possess the characteristic of distorting and isolating divine sense probing.

"This place is excellent!" Wang Ping felt satisfied in his heart. He first carefully laid out a "Minor Five Elements Concealment Formation Plate" at the cave mouth; this formation not only conceals aura and spiritual power, but also blends with the surrounding Gengjin Xuan Rock environment, making it extremely difficult to detect. Subsequently, in the core area inside the cave, he laid out an "Eight Gates Lock Gold Trap Formation Plate"; this formation is primarily defensive, also capable of trapping enemies, serving as a barrier for self-protection during secluded cultivation. Finally, at the cave mouth, key points inside the cave, and various spots on the cave ceiling, he set up seven "Nine Palace Warning Talismans"; these talismans can link with the warning formation plate, issuing advance alerts at the slightest disturbance.

With three layers of protection interlocking, Wang Ping finally felt at ease. He cleared a level area, sat cross-legged, and took out the fragmented《Chaos Immortal Scripture》.

The scroll floated before him, slowly unfurling.

In an instant, the light of the crystal clusters within the cave seemed to be swallowed, plunging into a chaotic gloom. Only the scroll itself remained, flowing with a hazy gray radiance; the countless twisting, abstract runes on its surface began to accelerate their flow, each as if come alive, exhaling an ancient, vast, source-directing aura.

Wang Ping focused his mind and stilled his breath, adjusting his state to optimal, then carefully extended a thread of divine sense toward the scroll.

"Om——!"

The moment his divine sense touched the scroll, it felt like striking an invisible wall, or like plunging into a bottomless chaotic vortex. Countless chaotic, fragmented, yet containing the supreme Dao rhythm information fragments, like a breached flood, surged and rushed into Wang Ping's sea of consciousness!

"Eh!" Wang Ping let out a muffled groan, his face instantly turning pale. These information fragments were not orderly scripture, but manifestations of chaotic Dao principles; forcibly receiving them would only shatter his soul. He hastily retracted his divine sense, retaining only an extremely weak thread, like steadying a tiny boat in a raging storm, no longer attempting to "read," but instead shifting to "sensing" and "resonating."

He used his chaotic five elements nascent soul as a bridge, and the rhythm of the chaotic star pivot at his chest as frequency, attempting to establish contact with those chaotic divine scripts.

This is an extremely slow and mind-consuming process. In the first three days, Wang Ping gained almost nothing; those divine scripts were like heavenly books, profoundly obscure. Until the fourth day, when he immersed himself in his own chaotic intent and rhythm, nearly forgetting himself, the first few runes at the beginning of the scroll suddenly trembled slightly, producing a weak resonance with his chaotic nascent soul.

A faint enlightenment rose in his heart.

It was not a literal textual explanation, but a transmission of "artistic conception," a manifestation of "reason."

Wang Ping grasped this feeling, his mind and spirit sinking into it. Gradually, he "saw" some scenes, perceived some information:

Chaos is not nothingness; it is the primordial state of all things unformed, laws unrevealed, containing infinite possibilities, harboring all beginnings and ends……

The ultimate of the nascent soul, when condensing the chaotic foundation, transforming spiritual power into a higher element——Chaos Immortal Element. This element is the primordial force of the Dao, containing the seeds of laws, capable of evolving myriad laws, capable of transforming myriad things……

The method of condensing the element requires drawing chaotic true intent into the body, using the nascent soul as a cauldron, using the star pivot as firewood, refining one's entire spiritual power, discarding falsehood to retain truth, discarding coarseness to extract purity, through a thousand hammerings and hundred refinements, only then can one obtain a thread of true element……

Upon achieving the Chaos Immortal Element, one establishes the foundation for God Transformation. God Transformation is not an expansion of the nascent soul, but a leap in life's level, requiring the Chaos Immortal Element as material, merging one's comprehended law fragments, forging within the dantian the "Chaos Divine Fetus"……

The Divine Fetus is the embryonic form of the future primordial spirit, the vessel of the Great Dao. Forging the fetus requires the "Law Fusion" marvel, like the five elements aiding each other, yin and yang sharing roots, spacetime intertwining……using chaos as a bond, transforming myriad laws into one furnace……

The scripture information here became blurred and discontinuous; obviously, the subsequent parts concerning how to concretely nurture the divine fetus, breaking the fetus to achieve God Transformation, are already missing. Yet even just this, already made Wang Ping's heart surge with joy, like parting clouds to see the sun!

"So that's it! The path after the nascent soul is actually like this!" Wang Ping's eyes flashed with sharp light, "Chaos Immortal Element……this is the true source of power of the Chaos Dao! The trace of chaotic nature I previously contained in my spiritual power was merely superficial. And law fusion……this is precisely the key I have long tried but failed to grasp!"

He recalled his cultivation of the Five Elements Divine Light, essentially the application and coordination of the five elements laws; the Two Instruments Annihilation involved yin and yang; the Chaos Thunder Fire was the fusion of thunder and fire. These divine abilities actually already touched the law level, merely lacking a systematic method of fusion, thus their power could not reach a qualitative change.

The fragmented《Chaos Immortal Scripture》not only pointed out the direction for condensing higher-level power, but also highlighted that the key to God Transformation lies in law fusion and divine fetus forging, which holds immeasurable guiding significance for his future Dao path.

"Unfortunately, it's only a fragment, and written in chaotic divine script; forcing its interpretation would overly damage the soul." Wang Ping suppressed his inner excitement, slowly retracting his divine sense. The scroll's light also retracted accordingly. He knew this scripture is profound and vast, not to be comprehended in a day or two, requiring gradual contemplation.

He carefully stored the scroll, then turned his gaze to the other few treasures.

First was the Chaos Immortal Jade containing the chaotic nebula.

Upon taking it in hand, deep in his sea of consciousness, the long-dormant silver stone gate——the Detached Elder, actually transmitted a distinct fluctuation!

"Mm……such pure chaotic origin fragments……though weak, the quality is extremely high……" The Detached Elder's voice still carried the ethereal feeling of just waking from slumber, but the surprise and longing revealed within were quite clear.

"Elder, you've awakened?" Wang Ping felt joy in his heart.

"I was stirred by the aura of this thing." The Detached Elder's voice directly resonated in Wang Ping's heart, "This jade stores a thread of nebula origin scattered at the dawn of chaos; it benefits my recovery of origin. Young one, this item is of too high a level for you currently; forced absorption would be harmful and useless; better to let me refine it."

"I shall certainly offer it to the Elder." Wang Ping hesitated not. The Detached Elder's fate is linked with his; the Elder's recovery is crucial for exploring this place and finding the way home.

As the words fell, the Chaos Immortal Jade in his palm suddenly transformed into a stream of chaotic light, "whoosh"—it sank into Wang Ping's glabella, straight into his sea of consciousness, where it was absorbed by that ancient silver stone gate. The gate's surface rippled with a warm gray light, enveloping the jade, gradually dissolving and absorbing it. Wang Ping could feel that the gate's aura seemed to have solidified by a thread, and his connection with it had also become somewhat clearer.

"Not bad, this item is excellent." The Detached Elder seemed satisfied, "I need some time to digest it. Also that broken compass……bring it over for a look."

Wang Ping complied, taking out the damaged Boundary-Determining Compass.

As soon as the compass appeared, the Detached Elder let out a soft "yi":"An object containing spatial Dao principles? Though shattered beyond repair, the core Dao patterns are less than one-tenth intact, but the foundation is still usable……yi? Its residual positioning Dao rhythm actually subtly responds to the spatial context of this realm……"

"The immortal palace information mentioned that this compass can detect spatial nodes within fragments." Wang Ping explained.

"Detecting nodes? Quite practical, but unfortunately too damaged for you to repair." The Detached Elder mused, "However, its main material 'Void Star Pattern Copper' also offers some benefit to me. More importantly, I can attempt to analyze and detach the residual thread within it that resonates with the Qingming Heavenly Realm's positioning Dao rhythm; if successful in absorbing and merging it, it could enhance my perception of this realm's spatial structure, and even……find relatively stable spatial weak points."

"Then I shall trouble the Elder." Wang Ping nodded. This compass was indeed like chicken ribs in his hand; being able to aid the Elder's recovery would be even better.

The Boundary-Determining Compass likewise transformed into a dim bronze stream of light, sinking into the sea of consciousness, absorbed by the silver stone gate. After consecutively absorbing two treasures containing special Dao rhythms, the light halo on the gate's surface noticeably became more active.

"Alright, young one, I must continue my slumber to digest." The Detached Elder's voice carried a hint of fatigue, gradually fading, "This harvest is not bad; upon awakening, I shall recover much earlier. You cultivate on your own, be careful in all things."

Wang Ping felt much more at ease in his heart. The Detached Elder's recovery is undoubtedly a great boon.

Lastly, he turned his gaze to the Immortal Spirit Seed. The seed lay quietly in his palm, its cyan-gold Dao patterns shimmering with faint light under the crystal clusters' glow, its internal life pulse steady and tenacious.

"This must not be rushed." Wang Ping murmured to himself. The Immortal Spirit Seed requires a stable and rich immortal spirit environment to germinate; now is not the best time. He took out a fine jade box, carefully placed the seed inside, also set up a small spirit-gathering formation around it, and stored it in the "Qiankun One Qi Pouch."

After handling the inheritance items, Wang Ping again took out the small bottle of immortal spirit spring he had previously harvested. The bottle contained twenty drops of spring water, gold specks dotting it, an important resource for his current secluded cultivation to break through his cultivation level and condense the Chaos Immortal Element.

"All preparations are complete; it's time to begin."

Wang Ping calmed his mind, sat cross-legged, five hearts facing heaven, and formally began this crucial secluded cultivation.

The fifth section: refining true essence from the spring, chaos initially born

Inside the cave, all was silent, only the crystal clusters' light flowed quietly.

Wang Ping first activated the《Five Elements Divine Light》Nascent Soul chapter technique, vast five-element spiritual power surged within his body, red, yellow, green, white, and blue five-colored radiance faintly appeared on his body surface, finally converging at the dantian, returning to the chaos Nascent Soul. The Nascent Soul sat cross-legged, dignified appearance, the chaos star vortex at his chest slowly rotated, inhaling and exhaling pure chaos aura.

After adjusting his state to perfect harmony, Wang Ping took out a drop of immortal spirit spring and consumed it.

The familiar scorching and domineering cleansing sensation swept through his body again, but this time, Wang Ping had a clear goal and method guidance. He did not rush to transform this pure energy into spiritual power, but following the vague guidance in the残卷 of the《Chaos Immortal Scripture》, combined with his own insights, began the first attempt to condense chaos immortal essence.

He used his divine sense as a guide, leading immortal spirit energy into the meridians. The Five Elements Divine Light technique followed, red fire-element spiritual power took the lead, using fire's fervor to "refine" impurities in the immortal spirit energy; green wood-element spiritual power followed closely, using wood's vitality to soothe the impacted meridians.

White metal-element spiritual power turned into countless fine blades, cutting and dispersing large amounts of energy; yellow earth-element spiritual power stabilized the four directions, suppressing agitation; blue water-element spiritual power finally wrapped, gently guiding the preliminarily processed energy toward the dantian.

This was not a simple energy transfer, but a precise "pre-treatment" process. After the five-element circulation, the immortal spirit energy, though total amount had some loss, became relatively gentle and pure, more suitable for absorption by the chaos Nascent Soul.

When this energy flowed into the dantian, directed toward the slowly rotating gray star vortex at the chest of the chaos Nascent Soul, the true test began.

The star vortex seemed to sense the input of high-quality "fuel," its rotation speed suddenly increased! At the center of the gray misty vortex, a strong suction with grinding and compressing意韻 was produced. Those strands of pure immortal spirit energy were sucked into the star vortex, like stones falling into a millstone.

"嗡嗡……"

A low humming came from within Wang Ping's body. His entire mind and spirit were immersed in controlling the star vortex. Rotating too fast, energy would be completely ground away, nothing gained; rotating too slow, insufficient compression, no qualitative change. He must find that subtle balance point.

This was an extremely mentally draining and slow process. The energy of one drop of immortal spirit spring, he used twelve shichen, barely condensing in the star vortex center a strand finer than a hair, presenting deep chaos gray, inside seemingly having starlight flickering……new energy!

This strand of energy was so weak as to be almost undetectable, but at the moment of its birth, the entire dantian slightly trembled! The surrounding five-element spiritual power spontaneously retreated, as if subjects meeting a king. It hovered silently at the star vortex center, emitting a primordial, inclusive, yet supreme aura.

"Chaos immortal essence……embryo!" Wang Ping felt an indescribable excitement surge in his heart. Although only an insignificant strand, although far from the true chaos immortal essence capable of deriving myriad laws described in the scriptures, but this step, he had taken it! Direction correct, method feasible!

With the first successful experience, subsequent refining, though still difficult, became smoother. Wang Ping maintained a rhythm of refining one drop of immortal spirit spring every ten days, wholeheartedly devoted to this dull yet fulfilling cultivation.

Time silently passed in stillness.

Inside the cave, Wang Ping's aura underwent subtle changes. The originally visible five-colored spiritual light gradually retracted, his body surface began to be covered with a thin, inconspicuous chaos gray halo. This halo was not dazzling, but seemed able to absorb light, making his seated figure appear somewhat blurred, more harmonious with the surroundings.

His chaos Nascent Soul also grew. With the accumulation of strands of chaos immortal essence embryo, the Nascent Soul's form became more solid, eyebrows and eyes clear, even faintly having Dao rhythm flowing. The scale of the chest star vortex did not expand, but its rotation became more steady and powerful, the point of deep darkness at its center seeming to have solidified a strand.

By the end of the second month of seclusion, Wang Ping's attempts at "law fusion" also made progress.

He tried to take that small strand of chaos immortal essence embryo, as a "binder" and "catalyst," to integrate into the Five Elements Divine Light. When the intention containing chaos immortal essence was infused into the divine ability, the originally clear-cut, circulating five-colored radiance underwent a wonderful change.

Red and white were no longer merely appearing in sequence, but under the harmonization of chaos immortal essence, truly merged, forming a white-hot light with red radiance, sharp beyond compare and scorching hard to bear——"Gold-Fire Divine Light."

Yellow and blue merged, forming a heavy, tenacious light possessing both defensive and binding power——"Water-Earth Divine Light"……

The five elements were no longer limited to mutual generation and restriction, but under the chaos framework, began true "fusion," evolving many unprecedented changes, power doubled, usage more flexible and free.

Similar attempts were also made on other divine abilities. The yin-yang vortex of the Two Instruments Annihilation became more stable, the annihilation power gained a hint of chaos's "assimilation" trait. Chaos thunderfire's thunder and fire merged more thoroughly, explosive power and endurance both increased; gravity field control became more refined; sword gang and cold tide also gained a hint of chaos's heaviness and corrosive power.

And all these changes were finally concentrated in the transformation of his own "domain."

At the beginning of the third month of seclusion, at a certain moment, Wang Ping's heart stirred slightly, and he slowly unfolded his unique "Chaos Five Elements Domain."

Soundlessly, a gray misty halo expanded from him outward. Where the halo reached, the cave's light dimmed, air seemed to solidify, dust on the ground floated and remained still. The domain's range astonishingly reached thirty zhang, covering most of the cave!

Within this thirty-zhang domain, the scene was completely different from the outside. Chaos mist permeated, but not thick, merely making everything appear hazy. Five-element spiritual power became unusually active and chaotic, at times fire-element blazing, at times water vapor pervasive, at times metal-element stern, with no regularity.

Gravity seemed to have lost a unified standard, some areas gravity doubled, some areas light as goose down. More subtly, at the domain's boundary, light underwent slight distortion, space also appeared unstable.

Wang Ping sat at the domain's center, feeling himself the master of this microcosmic chaos spacetime. With a thought, fire-element flourished somewhere in the domain, temperature suddenly rose.

Another thought, water vapor condensed elsewhere, frost spread. He could arbitrarily adjust the five-element ratio, yin-yang attributes, and gravity size at any position within the domain.

"This is the true domain usable in actual combat, capable of interfering with or even suppressing opponents!" Wang Ping felt elated. Within this domain, enemies' spiritual power operation would suffer great interference, divine sense perception would be twisted, displayed divine ability power greatly reduced. While he himself, like a fish in water, all attacks would receive domain enhancement, consumption also reduced.

Domain stabilized, range greatly increased, marking that his understanding and application of the chaos Dao had reached a new height.

Upon entering the fourth month of seclusion, twenty drops of immortal spirit spring were finally exhausted. Wang Ping's dantian chaos star vortex center, accumulated chaos immortal essence embryo had already reached the thickness of a hair, though still scarce, it had become the most core, most radiant "seed" in his power system.

Massive accumulation, natural enlightenment, finally triggered the realm's qualitative change.

On this day, wind and clouds surged inside the cave!

With Wang Ping as center, chaos energy violently surged, forming a small vortex. His surrounding chaos halo suddenly contracted, then suddenly expanded, repeating three times, each contraction making his aura more inwardly condensed and profound, each expansion making the domain's fluctuations more grand and stable.

Inside the dantian, the chaos five elements Nascent Soul suddenly radiated great light! Originally about one cun tall, under the influx of vast energy and the washing of great Dao insight, it actually slowly grew to one cun three fen, form more solid like real, eyebrows and eyes clear, on the Dao robe faintly appeared the patterns of five-element circulation and chaos star clouds.

The chest star vortex rotated like a wheel, that strand of chaos immortal essence embryo joyfully swimming, like the finishing touch.

"轟!"

The formless barrier was shattered, a broader power heaven and earth unfolded before the eyes.

Nascent Soul middle stage, achieved!

And not just entering middle stage, but directly reaching the peak of middle stage, only one step away from late stage!

At this moment, Wang Ping's total spiritual power doubled, quality far surpassed peers due to containing chaos immortal essence embryo, his soul tempered in long-term interpretation of divine texts and control of high-dimensional energy, becoming more resilient and solid.

His body, under the dual cleansing of immortal spirit energy and chaos immortal essence, had golden immortal patterns deep into bone marrow and viscera, flesh crystalline and transparent, containing terrifying power, self-healing ability astonishing.

He slowly opened his eyes, pupils with chaos light flowing, as if nebulae birth and extinction, myriad things evolving flashed and vanished, then returned to the profound stillness of an ancient well. He rose to his feet, bones throughout his body emitted crisp爆鳴, with every gesture, as if merging with the surrounding chaos environment.

"It's time to leave seclusion." Wang Ping felt the surging power within, estimated his true combat strength now sufficient to suppress ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, if加上 chaos domain and many divine ability trump cards, he could fight even against great perfection Nascent Soul cultivators.

He waved his hand to remove the formations and restrictions inside and outside the cave, walked out of the cave.

The valley remained silent, Gengjin Xuan rock stood silently, stream murmured. Wang Ping deeply inhaled air containing immortal spirit energy, rode a gray misty, inconspicuous escape light, silently flew out of the valley.

Returning to the desolate, broken, eternally silent land of the Qingming Heaven Realm, Wang Ping was about to discern direction and continue exploring this unknown immortal realm fragment, when suddenly, his brow twitched violently!

Not a warning array triggered, nor being spied on by a powerful existence, but a……dark sense from the chaos Nascent Soul, after the initial condensation of chaos immortal essence embryo was amplified……!

As if at an extremely distant fragment's other end, beyond the limit of ordinary divine sense perception, there were several vast, violent, destruction-filled auras, like a sleeping volcano suddenly erupting, undergoing fierce collision and opposition! That fluctuation was so strong, even after penetrating endless distance and the chaotic laws of Qingming Heaven Realm layer upon layer, its faint remnant was still captured by Wang Ping's spirit sense closer to the chaos source.

"Divine Transformation level! And not just one!" Wang Ping's expression instantly became solemn as iron, gazing in the direction the fluctuation came from, his eyes seeming to want to penetrate layers of mist.

This absolutely could not be the disturbance caused by a Nascent Soul cultivator. The contained law shock and energy level far exceeded his understanding. Were ancient remnant immortal beasts contending for territory? Or remnants of souls from the ancient immortal-demon war not yet completely annihilated, devouring each other? Or……like him, an outsider, and a heaven-defying outsider, here a conflict erupted?

No matter which possibility, it clearly revealed a fact: this seemingly dead immortal realm fragment, its depths hid dangers and secrets far beyond his prior cognition! Divine Transformation level existences, for his current cultivation, are terrifying existences impossible to confront directly.

Wang Ping stood in place, pondered for a long time. Danger often accompanies opportunity. The area where Divine Transformation existences active, likely is where the fragment has richer resources, more complete relics, even hiding greater secrets. 《Chaos Immortal Scripture》later cultivation needs massive resources and deeper insight, guarding a corner is no long-term plan. Moreover, the awakening of the Great Transcendence Adult is imminent, also needing more information about this realm's spatial structure.

Finally, a flash of sharpness and determination passed through his eyes.

"Approach cautiously, observe from afar." Wang Ping made his decision. After his strength greatly increased, he needs real combat tempering, also needs a broader vision. Those distant waves, perhaps are the window to understand the true face of Qingming Heaven Realm.

He no longer hesitated, gathering his aura to the utmost extreme; the layer of chaotic gray light around him flowed faintly, actually allowing him to nearly merge with the surrounding chaotic environment, making him hard to distinguish. He became a barely visible shadow, clinging to the shattered earth, moving toward the direction from which the fluctuation came, beginning a new round of even more cautious exploration.

Ahead, the mist grew deeper, the danger greater, but perhaps the scenery on that great path was also more magnificent.

And just after Wang Ping left the canyon about half a day later, the space near his secluded cave suddenly rippled with an extremely faint disturbance, so subtle that ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators would hardly notice it. A nearly transparent, indistinct phantom slowly emerged. The phantom gazed in the direction Wang Ping had gone, then glanced at the canyon concealed by the formation, stood silently for a moment, and let out a sigh almost inaudible, as if it had crossed countless ages, then vanished like smoke, as if it had never appeared.

The waters of the Qingming Heavenly Realm were deeper than Wang Ping had imagined.